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Genus "Candidatus Undinarchaeum"
Name: "Candidatus Undinarchaeum" Dombrowski et al. 2020
Etymology: Un.din.ar.chae’um. N.L. fem. n. Undina, female water spirit or nymph; from L. fem. n. unda, water, wave; N.L. neut. n. archaeum, archaeon; from Gr. masc. adj. archaîos, ancient; N.L. neut. n. Undinarchaeum, an archaeon of water origin
Gender, pronunciation (Latin): neuter (stem: Undinarchae-), un-din-ar-KHA͡E-um
Type species: "Candidatus Undinarchaeum marinum" Dombrowski et al. 2020
Effective publication:
Dombrowski N, Williams TA, Sun J, Woodcroft BJ, Lee JH, Minh BQ, Rinke C, Spang A. Undinarchaeota illuminate DPANN phylogeny and the impact of gene transfer on archaeal evolution. Nat Commun 2020; 11:3939. 
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IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Candidatus list no. 3. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5186.
Nomenclatural status: not validly published
Nomenclatural pro-status: pro-validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: pro-correct name
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Notes:
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🥇 Nomenclatural type of the class "Candidatus Undinarchaeia" Dombrowski et al. 2020.
Publication:
Dombrowski N, Williams TA, Sun J, Woodcroft BJ, Lee JH, Minh BQ, Rinke C, Spang A. Undinarchaeota illuminate DPANN phylogeny and the impact of gene transfer on archaeal evolution. Nat Commun 2020; 11:3939. 🇳🇱
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🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family "Candidatus Undinarchaeaceae" Dombrowski et al. 2020.
Publication:
Dombrowski N, Williams TA, Sun J, Woodcroft BJ, Lee JH, Minh BQ, Rinke C, Spang A. Undinarchaeota illuminate DPANN phylogeny and the impact of gene transfer on archaeal evolution. Nat Commun 2020; 11:3939. 🇳🇱
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🥇 Nomenclatural type of the order "Candidatus Undinarchaeales" Dombrowski et al. 2020.
Publication:
Dombrowski N, Williams TA, Sun J, Woodcroft BJ, Lee JH, Minh BQ, Rinke C, Spang A. Undinarchaeota illuminate DPANN phylogeny and the impact of gene transfer on archaeal evolution. Nat Commun 2020; 11:3939. 🇳🇱
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🥇 Nomenclatural type of the phylum "Candidatus Undinarchaeota" Dombrowski et al. 2020.
Publication:
Dombrowski N, Williams TA, Sun J, Woodcroft BJ, Lee JH, Minh BQ, Rinke C, Spang A. Undinarchaeota illuminate DPANN phylogeny and the impact of gene transfer on archaeal evolution. Nat Commun 2020; 11:3939. 🇳🇱
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🧕 Dombrowski et al. (2020) assigned this genus to the order "Candidatus Undinarchaeales" Dombrowski et al. 2020.
Publication:
Dombrowski N, Williams TA, Sun J, Woodcroft BJ, Lee JH, Minh BQ, Rinke C, Spang A. Undinarchaeota illuminate DPANN phylogeny and the impact of gene transfer on archaeal evolution. Nat Commun 2020; 11:3939. 🇳🇱
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🥇 Nomenclatural type of the class "Candidatus Undinarchaeia" Dombrowski et al. 2020.
Publication:
Dombrowski N, Williams TA, Sun J, Woodcroft BJ, Lee JH, Minh BQ, Rinke C, Spang A. Undinarchaeota illuminate DPANN phylogeny and the impact of gene transfer on archaeal evolution. Nat Commun 2020; 11:3939.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 1
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status "Candidatus Undinarchaeum marinum" Dombrowski et al. 2020 not validly published pro-correct name
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Parent taxon: "Candidatus Undinarchaeaceae" Dombrowski et al. 2020
Assigned by:
Dombrowski N, Williams TA, Sun J, Woodcroft BJ, Lee JH, Minh BQ, Rinke C, Spang A. Undinarchaeota illuminate DPANN phylogeny and the impact of gene transfer on archaeal evolution. Nat Commun 2020; 11:3939. 🇳🇱
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Record number: 18409
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